Hiya guys!

Today's Friday and I could not be anymore glad that my weekend has already started. Firstly, its been raining. Like, a lot. And today the rain made my face and hands turn from brown to pale white. and i had goosebumps. Sadly, I had to walk a decent 7 minutes to the bus station from my school and I had immediately yearned for a heater fan and most of all...for a hot cocoa. With marshmallows. And Grated chocolate with whipped cream. Am I making you drool all over your computer/mobile yet? Sorry! Honestly, I thought of a new blog post to write up. And it includes a list of "warm, sunny places i want to visit" and to be honest I LOVE the warmth of the sun but also because tropical countries have an interesting culture and I AM OBSESSED with culture. So....here goes nothing!

MY LIST OF TOP 5 EXQUISITE AND BREATHTAKING PLACES TO VISIT

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1) Morocco. And the reason why is simple. Very simple. The Moroccan culture and history never seizes to amaze. Like, first of all, I would kill to wonder around all the endless "souks" (shops) in the market place and see pyramids after pyramids of spices and allow all my senses to run wild. Not to mention take endless photographs of the historic and contemporary buildings all around the country.

2) Somalia. For the second time in my life. I went there for holiday in Summer 2013 and honestly, despite being war-torn due to 20 years of civil war, there are still some places out there untouched by it and those include the villages. I went to a small village and had my mothers family there whom we stayed with for 3 weeks. I had gone to my late grandfathers farm and one of the many palm trees on that land was being breezed softly by the wind and oh, so beautiful. I had been lucky to capture this image with my Blackberry 9300. This country is my everything and in spite of all this tribalism at the end of the day, we share the same place.


3) Bulgaria. I watch The Vampire Diaries and when I had discovered one of the characters backgrounds came from Bulgaria (fictionally, of course) I was tempted to search the location. What I had come across was literally breathtaking and yes I really want to visit this place so badly but not as badly as I want to visit Turkey.

4)Turkey. Oh la la. Its full of life and beauty. Not only that but the culture and history of Turkey is also inspirational. The Blue Mosque, Nemrut Dagi and Topkapi Palace Museum, Turkey has it all. Not to mention that a mere 2 hour drive in Istanbul will leave you gobsmacked. I only spent a couple of hours, about 24 hours ( transit, en route Birmingham Airport) and I may have had a limited time period there...but, each second of it was beautiful. We spent the night at Doubletree by Hilton Hotel and the 5* accommodation was excellent. I have no word to describe it. Unfortunately, no pictures of our room although we were only based on the 3rd floor and we (me and my cousin) took pictures after we woke up, so it wasn't exactly good. However here are the pictures I took:

A fuzzy image of the front of the hotel where we stayed. And yes, I know its fuzzy, but I was a 15 year old teen with a bad camera phone so...and plus, the mini bus was moving...

That girl in the far left corner with black
hijab is my dear cousin...Introducing Ramla!

Never before had I seen suck a shiny
and equally large lobby in my *young* life :) 

the glass revolving door and red rope...
could life get any better?

5) Kenya. I suppose. I have also visited this place, but alas I cannot remember much...apart from the food of course. Unfortunately I have no original photos with me nor do I have much to say except this is the place where I spent 1 year of my defining myself and although I was quite young, I still remember how the beach air smelt so strongly of salt and it was breezy but not in that cold way in the way that the ways crashing had released me into euphoria. When I reminisce about my time there all that comes to mind is the resorts I had visited, the endless beaches, the corn-on-the-cob grilled with powdered chili...and most of all, the family I had met there. All my uncles, well most of them and some aunts as well as my only grandfather whom I hold dear. 

I would love to go to each one of these places as they hold a significance for me either physically or emotionally and when I do, I still hope I can share my experiences with all of you guys.

Although I have been to the majority of the places mentioned, there is always more things to be discovered and most of the great moments in life are the ones that happen off camera.

Love,

~The Girl Who Loves The Little Things~

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